Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1960)

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Daily
Date:
Oct-Dec 1960
Publisher:
New York [Motion picture daily, inc.]
Volume:
Motion picture daily
Leaf #:
000319
Language:
English
Subjects:
motion pictures, Motion pictures -- Periodicals
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
Library of Congress, MBRS, Moving Image Section
Sponsor:
Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
A New York-based daily trade paper published by Martin Quigley. The companion to Quigley's better known weekly publication, MOTION PICTURE HERALD, and a direct competitor to THE FILM DAILY, which was also published out of New York. Established in 1930, MOTION PICTURE DAILY enjoyed a circulation of roughly 5,000 readers most years of its four decades in print (a nearly identical circulation to THE FILM DAILY, but only one third of the readership of MOTION PICTURE HERALD, which reached a wider audience of exhibitors). In the 1930s, the MOTION PICTURE DAILY's editor, Maurice Kann, called on the movie industry to shift more production back to the East Coast. Any productions that filmed in New York received ample attention. New York City never regained its production lead over Hollywood, but the major studios used the Big Apple for their corporate and distribution headquarters. As a result, MOTION PICTURE DAILY tended to focus on economic and regulatory issues confronting the film industry. -- Eric Hoyt, 2014
Date Added:
December 02, 2023
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MOTION PICTURE NEW YORK, U.S.A., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1960 TEN CENTS tf)4 Per Share iarner Annual ofit Totals 7,102,000 \ Rentals, TV Income $87,163,000 for Year , irner Bros. Pictures, Inc. and diary companies for the year ,il August 31 had a net profit of $7,102,000 after a provision o f $6,600,000 for federal income taxes, it was announced yesterday b y Jack L. Warner, president. The net profit (not including the net profit of $6,500,000 on the sale of the company's ranch ) ithe previous year amounted to (Continued on page 2) lumbia and Highroad fencf Deal two Years ie exclusive production-distribui arrangement between Columbia ares and Highroad Productions been extended for an additional years, with Carl Foreman adding Etorial duties to his producing (Continued on page 3) itario Votes Strongly >r Sunday Exhibition Special to THE DAILY ORONTO, Dec. 6. Exhibition motion pictures on Sundays was roved in eight Ontario cities and ns in plebiscites held yesterday, wo communities, Newmarket and •hener, Sunday films were re(Continued on page 8s MMPTA Leaders Urge Industry to 'Vp *° M Unite In Planning Its Future Course Free Screen Is Warner IS I Cooperation among all branches of was urged by both the incoming and Motion Picture Theatres Association Astor here yesterday. Leslie R. Schwartz, the incoming president, told a large gathering of leaders from all branches of the industry that "It is very important that all segments of the industry cooperate among themselves." He said in his new capacity as MMPTA president he pledges that he will do his share in all such cooperative endeavors. "We've done it before," Schwartz noted, adding that after 25 years in the industry he has the utmost con(Continued on page 8) Poling Asks Inter-faith Immoral Films Drive A call for an inter-faith religious program to combat "objectionable motion pictures is issued by Dr. Daniel Poling, editor of Christian Herald, in that inter-denominational Protestant publication's current issue. "It is high time," Dr. Poling states, "that Protestants, Catholics, and Jews -indeed men and women of good will (Continued on page 8) the industry in planning for its future the outgoing presidents of Metropolitan at its inaugural luncheon at the Hotel U A s 9-Month Net Up to $2,987,000 Net earnings for the first nine months of 1960 of United Artists Corporation were $2,987,000 compared with $2,885,000 for the comparable period of t h e previous year, it was announced yesterday, by Robert S. Benjamin, chairman of the board. The figure this year is after provision for taxes of $1,893,000. It was concurrently reported that the Robert Benjamin board of directors yesterday" declared a regular quarter(Continued on page 8) REVIEW: The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Morningside— Columbia The brilliantly fanciful and imaginative children's story generations ago and Ray Harryhamen have give?, a fantastie reality to the ctrzens of LiX>"ve— diets built in proportion either ,„ the tiny people (Continued on page 7) Industry Job, Says Johnston Sees Fight on Censorship Demanding Responsibility As the motion picture industry calls for freedom from censorship, so should it call on itself to exercise its responsibility to that freedom, Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Assn., said yesterday in a talk to officers and guests of the Metropolitan Motion Picture Theatres Ass'n., at the Hotel Astor here. The luncheon marked the inauguration of new MMPTA officers headed by Leslie R. Schwartz, president of ( Continued on page 7 ) Johnston Fears Effect Of Mexican Takeover The taking over by the Mexican government of the two largest theatre circuits in that country was described by Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Ass'n. of America, yesterday as a development that "could have a profound effect on the industry all around the world." Johnston, who has just returned ( Continued on page 7 ) New MPEA Assignments For Hochstetter, Beers New assignments in die European area for the Motion Picture Export Ass'n. were announced for Leo D. Hochstetter and Stephen Beers yesterday by Eric Johnston, MPEA president. Hochstetter moves to Rome from (Continued on page 8) TELEVISION TODAY— page 6 8 The Muanne loi Youn» Mulls II 7 500,000 PRIMARY READERS DEBORAH KERR JEAN SIMMONS "THE GRASS IS GREENER,: lECHNCOLOR® TECHMRMK®